Post by Mosquito on Jun 24, 2008 15:39:33 GMT -5
Prayer
When it came time for dessert to be served, seven-year-old Billy said, "I want the biggest piece!"
His mother scolded him, saying, "Billy, it's not polite to ask for the biggest piece."
He looked at her, confused, and said, "Then how do you get it?"
The question of manners aside, Billy has a point. If you don't ask for something, how can you get it? While God knows our needs, He has ordained that we are still to ask. Let's look at what the Bible says about this.
What Does God Say?
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask , we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him (1 John 5:14-15, NKJV).
1) What is the confidence that we can have?
2) What is the condition placed upon our requests.
3) What is it that we can "know"?
My Thoughts
Asking is part of getting. And if we ask according to God's will, we can be assured that He will hear us. And if He hears us, we can know that He will answer us. We don't have to wonder, we don't have to worry; we can know that God has answered. Of course that doesn't mean we will see the answer right away, but we can have an inner confidence that God has answered. (See Hebrews 11:1.)
My Part
This week, begin a prayer notebook. Divide your page in half with the left-hand column devoted to your requests and the date you began praying for that request. In the right-hand column, list the date on which you received God's answer. Keep praying for those requests until you have an assurance that God has answered you whether you see the answer or not.
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When it came time for dessert to be served, seven-year-old Billy said, "I want the biggest piece!"
His mother scolded him, saying, "Billy, it's not polite to ask for the biggest piece."
He looked at her, confused, and said, "Then how do you get it?"
The question of manners aside, Billy has a point. If you don't ask for something, how can you get it? While God knows our needs, He has ordained that we are still to ask. Let's look at what the Bible says about this.
What Does God Say?
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask , we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him (1 John 5:14-15, NKJV).
1) What is the confidence that we can have?
2) What is the condition placed upon our requests.
3) What is it that we can "know"?
My Thoughts
Asking is part of getting. And if we ask according to God's will, we can be assured that He will hear us. And if He hears us, we can know that He will answer us. We don't have to wonder, we don't have to worry; we can know that God has answered. Of course that doesn't mean we will see the answer right away, but we can have an inner confidence that God has answered. (See Hebrews 11:1.)
My Part
This week, begin a prayer notebook. Divide your page in half with the left-hand column devoted to your requests and the date you began praying for that request. In the right-hand column, list the date on which you received God's answer. Keep praying for those requests until you have an assurance that God has answered you whether you see the answer or not.
Back to the Bible Copyright © 1996-2008 The Good News Broadcasting Association, Inc. All rights reserved. www.bibleminute.org/